[Code 1962, § 17-2]
The City Manager may designate intersections at which vehicles shall come to a full stop or yield the right-of-way and may cause to be erected appropriate signs or markers at such intersections so that an ordinarily observant person will be aware of the existence of such designation. The duty of drivers approaching such signs or markers shall be as prescribed by the state law adopted by § 17-6.
[Code 1962, §§ 17-117, 17-118; amended by Ord. No. 90-9, 5-14-1990; Ord. of 2-23-1998; Ord. of 6-24-2002]
(a)
The following streets are hereby established and designated as one-way streets; and, except as provided in Subsection (c) below, it shall be unlawful for any vehicle to be driven or moved in such streets in a direction other than as hereinbelow set forth:
(b)
The City Manager is authorized and directed to provide such signs
on the one-way streets designated in this section as will apprise
an ordinarily observant person of such one-way streets.
(c)
When it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the City Manager
that the strict enforcement of this section will cause an unreasonable
hardship on some particular person relative to the loading or unloading
of trucks or other vehicles on such one-way streets, the City Manager
is authorized to issue a special permit to such person permitting
a variance from the provisions of this section. Any such special permit
shall be in writing and shall specify the nature of such variance
and the place and period of time when such variance shall be permitted.
Such permit shall only be issued when it can be demonstrated to the
satisfaction of the City Manager that the granting of such permit
will alleviate a clearly demonstrable hardship, as distinguished from
a special privilege or convenience to the person who seeks the permit.
[Ord. No. 225, 11-12-1984; amended by Ord. No. 235, 7-8-1985; Ord. of 9-8-1986; Ord. of 6-8-1987; Ord. No. 88-10, 8-8-1988; Ord.
No. 89-10, 6-26-1989; Ord. No. 90-12, 6-25-1990; Ord. No. 91-4, 3-25-1991; Ord. No. 91-8, 6-24-1991; Ord. No. 92-3, 6-22-1992; Ord.
No. 93-5, 6-28-1993]
Code of Virginia, § 18.2-266 et seq., as in effect
on July 1, 1993, is hereby adopted and made a part of this chapter
as fully as though set out at length herein. It shall be unlawful
for any person within the City to violate, or fail, neglect or refuse
to comply with any provision of the Code of Virginia adopted by this
section.
Pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 1-13.39:2, it is intended
that any future amendments of Code of Virginia, § 18.2-266
et seq., shall be deemed to be incorporated into this article effective
on the effective date of such amendments.
[Code 1962, § 17-18]
(a)
No operator of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles, persons
or animals comprising a funeral or other authorized procession, except
when otherwise directed by a police officer. This provision shall
not apply to authorized emergency vehicles.
(b)
Each driver in a funeral procession shall drive as near to the right-hand
edge of the roadway as is practicable and shall follow the vehicle
ahead as close as is practicable and safe.
[Code 1962, § 17-85]
No operator of a vehicle shall back such vehicle on a street
or alley unless such movement can be made with safety and without
interfering with other traffic.
[Code 1962, § 17-86]
No operator of a vehicle shall enter an intersection or a marked
crosswalk unless there is sufficient space beyond such intersection
or crosswalk, in the direction in which such vehicle is proceeding,
to accommodate the vehicle, without obstructing the passage of other
vehicles or pedestrians, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal
indication to proceed.
[Code 1962, § 17-16; amended by Ord. No. 89-1, 1-9-1989; Ord. No. 91-10, 6-22-1991; Ord. of 3-10-1997; Ord. of 7-28-1997; Ord. of 3-27-2000(1)]
(a)
Operators of trucks having a registered gross weight in excess of
10,000 pounds or having tandem wheels or both are prohibited from
driving through the City on any City street.
(b)
This section shall not apply to the following:
(1)
Trucks receiving or making deliveries in the City or proceeding
to or from a place in the City for the purpose of undergoing repairs;
(2)
Trucks entering the City on Armory Drive, traveling to gas stations
on Armory Drive or North College Drive for the purpose of obtaining
fuel for the trucks and leaving the City by the same streets;
(3)
Trucks entering the City on Hunterdale Road, traveling to gas
stations on Hunterdale Road for the purpose of obtaining fuel for
the trucks.
(4)
Pickup trucks, vans or tractor trucks not pulling trailers.
(c)
A violation of this section shall constitute a traffic infraction
punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200.
[Code 1962, § 17-169]
The City Manager may issue special permits, limited to such
time as he may deem proper, authorizing the operation upon a street
of traction engines or tractors having movable tracks with transverse
corrugations upon the periphery of such movable tracks. A fee of $2
shall be charged for each permit at the time of issuance.
[Ord. No. 89-2, 1-9-1989; amended by Ord. No. 94-3, 2-14-1994]
No truck, bus or other motor vehicle having a gross registered
weight in excess of 7,500 pounds shall be parked on a public street
in a district zoned residential except for the purpose of receiving
or making deliveries which deliveries may be received or made only
during the period from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday through Saturday.
[Added 1-28-2008]
In the event that a person shall be convicted of violating any
of the following provisions and an accident or incident is involved:
(a)
The provisions of §§ 18.2-51.4, 18.2-266, 18.2-266.1,
29.1-738, 29.1-738.02, or similar ordinance, when such operation of
a motor vehicle, engine, train or watercraft while so impaired is
the proximate cause of an accident or incident;
(c)
The provisions of Article 1 (§ 46.2-300 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 46.2 relating to driving without a license or driving with a suspended or revoked license when such driving is the proximate cause of an accident or incident; and
(d)
The provisions of § 46.2-894 relating to improperly leaving
the scene of an accident.
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And the circumstances of the violation require the dispatch
of additional law enforcement, firefighting, rescue or emergency services
or any combination of the foregoing in response to any accident or
incident caused by such violation, then, upon sentencing, the court
may order restitution to be paid by the person for reasonable expenses
incurred by the City of Franklin for additional responding law enforcement
or firefighting, rescue or emergency services in an amount not to
exceed $1,000 in the aggregate for an accident or incident occurring
in the City of Franklin. The calculation of expenses subject to reimbursement
shall cover the time period from dispatch to the time the scene is
cleared by the additional police personnel and each emergency responder.
Charges will be based on hourly rates paid to law enforcement personnel
and FEMA rates allowed for disaster reimbursement as published from
time to time for emergency services and as charged by the City of
Franklin for the level of treatment received.
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